The story is short. But the picture is worth – well – everything.

I was in a cab heading home from O'hare airport – a journey I make with regularity. The cab driver was polite. His car was clean. And I was settling in for my 25 minute ride home.

It was then that I noticed it. The sign. There were actually two of them. Identical. Laminated. And posted perfectly on the back side of the driver's seat and front passenger's seat:

I think I read it three or four times. The cynic in me was looking for something missing. There had to have been a catch.

But there wasn't.

I snapped a photograph and posted it on my Facebook profile with a note, "Nominating my cab driver for today's ‘act of kindness' award."

And within seconds my Facebook profile lit up like a switchboard. A reminder that most of us welcome a reminder of goodness, humanity and compassion.

One by one the comments and "likes" poured in.

"Your sign and message are awesome. Amazing," I said to the cab driver.

And he told me the simple story of where it all began. Travelers were arriving hungry – especially many traveling international.

So this was his way to help.

Nothing more than that.

"Well, you are an inspiration," I told him.

And he just smiled.

Another fare in the backseat. Nourished with kosher kindness.

Jim Higley is the Bobblehead Dad – author, speaker, radio show host, spokesperson and cancer warrior. A single father raising three kids, Jim's book Bobblehead Dad: 25 Life Lessons I Forgot I Knew celebrates the stories waiting for us in the nooks and crannies of our days. Jim writes for several publications including Men's Health magazine and the Huffington Post. He hosts a weekly radio show on fatherhood, Bobblehead Dad and is also a contributor to NBC Universal iVillage.